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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-05
FREAKS OF THE LIGHTNING
Several Houses Struck and
Water Everywhere.

About o'clock last night there
came up rain storm, accompanied
with thunder and lightning, the like
of which Dallas has never witnessed.
1t was down pour, a flood, and i'll afew
minutes after it got down to business
the cutters along the sidewalks
roared like small torrents and rushed
headlong to Elm street, and from
Sycamore to the river the street re-
scmbled q river. The water extended
the entire width of the street to q
depth of 1S to 81 inches, and at Cos
Inns China Store it overilowed the
curbstone and flooded the floor of
their establishment. On Camp
street and all that flat
portion of the city northeast was COW
cred with water and many families
were compelled to abandon their
homes. On Carolina street Mr.. Sax
toms house was flooded, and Mr.. Bus
by backed wagon up to a window
and assisted the family to escape. On
Olin Wellborne street, saloon was
washed into the middle of the street,
and the occupants, several Germans,
were compelled to hang out on the
counter until morning. The dwelling
house of Geo. Ellis was struck twice.
When the first stroke descended MIR.
and Mrs. Ellis were seated in the hall
wav. and the shock knocked Mrs.
Ellis unconscious, while Mr.. Ellis says
the back of his head felt like it was on
fire. Mrs. Ellis soon recovered. They
then went into the dining room and
in a few minutes Gfler the first shock
second bolt struck the chimney on
the opposite side of the house from
where the first bolt struck, making
hole in the chimney about the size of
an ordinary common ball, coming out
of the stove pipe hole ON the inside OF
the room, tearing its way through the
room making its exit at the corner OF
the room next to the hall, severing
that portion of the house from the
other part, and setting the canvass and
wall paper on fire. Mr. Ellis after
this shock smelled smoke and going
into the room found it burning, but
he soon extinguished it. The water
then poured into the room and flooded
it. The family had no rest during the
night. 1t was narrow escape from
death.
The lighting struct the rear wall OF ID. Nj.
Osborne &Co's. Harvesting Machinery es-
tableshment and tore it completely down,
letting the floor of the second story down
aud heaping up the haryesters IN one grand
heap, but no serious damage was done, ex-
cept the falling of the wall. win lIunsta-
be's place on main street was flooded so
that much ofhis goods had to be moved; other
s,ores on the South side of Elm street were
! flooded, but no serious damage was done.
ON jackson slreOt lIOm ErYay cast num-
bel of families were forced to abandon
their homes, ihe water rushing into the
houses so rapidly thai men had to put the
woman aud children on their backs aud
wade through water two and three ieet
deep.
The old Armory building on Liye-Oak
street, was not struck by lighting but
young cyclone struck it and left 1t in n dan
gerous condition.
The cellars on the south side of main
street from Glen Lea Saloon for a,block Were
flooded with water. j. ID. A. Harris cla' us
damage of $4,000.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-05
Lost Watch.

Lost on the 4th on Main or Elm
street, or possibly in the Cedars, a
ladies' Elgin gold watch, double face,
monogram MILD on outside, and q
small gold chain attached when lost.
Will pay very LIBERAL reward for the
return at Aston Grocery company.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-05
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
WORLD.
Condensed from Dispatches.

The antis refuse everywhere to meet
prohibition orators
The saloon men of Denton have re-
moved their screens.
The Glorious Fourth was generally
observed over the State.
Several bad washouts are reported
on the railroads east of Dallas.
The rains have covered the State
and an abundant crop is assured.
The city assessor and collector re-
ported fetal collections amounting to
$Sl5S.7S.
The tools with which the safe of
pittman, Harrison Co. was broken at
Sherman have been found.
The Pennsylvania girls went to war
over curl paper, aud two Kentucky
boys fought duel over two banjo
strings.
The News predicts Fat the Tory
Democrats will 500. lie invited 10
throw away the T4rt ngton crutch
and go in boldly f,r bone rule.
Rev. j. NJ. Carr, a ;olored pastor of
San Antonio, has ban dcposed from
the ministry by his church because he
advocated prohibition.
The city marsbal's report showed
that there were 413 arrests made, re-
sulting iu 265 convictions, the fines
amounting to $l2sS, of which $9l5.2
was collected.
Officers attempted 10 ar'est Dick
Shepard near Waco, but failed. after
q desperate battle, 20 caoiure him.
Shepard is wanted in Bastrop county
for killing cattle mau.
| The Standard SAYS: of Spalding's
election proves an isolated case it
might be dismissed without thought,
but if followed by Others of the same
sort the outlook will be very serious"
Cholera has appeared at Rocella, in
Caliber, where there has already been
reported seventeen cases and niue
deaths. The outlook there is omin-
Gus as the weather is unusually warm,
Advices have been received from
Russia to The effect That twelve nibil-
lists weie arrested near the Imperial
Palace at Krasbse Selo just as The
car and family were starting for Fin
land.
Ouly one saloon ia Corsicana hes
taken dow II IFS screen under the new
lew. 1t hes moved 20 ibc rear of ihe
long buildiuy aud turued the eamb-
ling tables in front. The keeper
laughs at the law.
The mavor reported having, pursu-
ant 10 tbe irsiruc;ious of the Council
turned over the city bal property to
NJ. b. ~Garlio2;ou, its purchaser. lie
tlen submitted The following message :
The Dlre aud Grev veterans celebra-
Ted the day al m in arm at Getty sburg.
kilograms from various parts of
Europe convey the belief that the
Egyptian convention willnoi be signed
In fact it was proposed by some that
the object of the convention was TO
st,eue then England's position in
Egypt
The superintendent of water works
reported tbe laying OF 1875 feet OF
wster pipe with rs ieet of hydraut
connection on Elm street, aud That
1923 feet of pipe was being laid on
Bryan Street. lie also made a semi
annual fiuaucial report, ihc totals of
which have already been published.
The treasprer's rcport showed the
following recapi;ulation of cash on
hsnd: Gepe,a al iupd, $24, ,0j7 "a: wafer
works juud, S9l.S6; special school
fund, Sl025.57; school fund, $l57SS0;
10 per cent iund, $500; interest and
sinking iuod, Sl25.39. Total cash on
- e,oo o-o on
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-05

All who desire TO avoid imposition and
be cured, should insist on.haying Ponds Ex-
tract, put up only In bottles, with our land
scape trademark, on surrounding bufl
wrapper.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-18
A CATHOLIC CLUBS CHANGE OF NAME.
The Leonine Unions Obedience to the Direc-
lions of Bishop Chatard.

Ten days ago Bishop Chatard addressed let
TER to the Chatard Club recommending change
OF the organizations name to ''The Leonine
Union of Indianapolis" At called meeting of
the club en- last Wednesday evening action was
taken in accordance with the wishes of the
bishop, and NJ. W. Carr, the secretary. yesterday,
in behalf of the organization addressed a let
ter TO the Bishop, in which he said:
''Your Lordships announcement that the
Holy Father had commissioned you to impart
his blessing to our association was received by
the meeting with evident rejoicing. But when
In consideration of this distinguished favor Of
his Holiness and for other reasons you request
and desire that our club adopt the title,
Leonine Union instead of it's present name
the members deemed the situation as of rather
perDlexing character. On the one hand was our
pride in your Lordship's name, under which the
Chatard Club has fourished and become signally
successful, while on the other was
the virtue of obedience which, as your
spiritual children, we expected to practice
VI course the virtue OF obedience esteemed
as more excellent than a laudable pride
md accordingly, by unanimous vote. your lord
ships wishes were acceded to, and henceforth
our association shall be known as the Leonine
Union OF Indianapolis might be permitted to
remark in this connection that in the matter of
love for our Holy Father whom your Lordshin
aims to specially honor by thus changing the
name or our society. we, Its members, are un-
willing TO yield first place to any other organiza-
ton. Our respect, too, for the spiritua! author
ity which we recognize in your person head of
the church in these parts, and our appreciation
of your Lordships zeal, piety and deep learning
are greater than we at all times
know how to ftrinsly make manifest. The
unanimous choice by our members of your
Lordship's name a qualifying term for our
club slight evidence of our esteem and
reverence for you, both officially and personally
md while we now bow in obedience to your
directions. we. at the same time, regret that Won
have fit to require to relinquish the use
of your nonored name as the title of our asso-
riation.n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-18
Y. Nj. G. A. Matters.

The executive committee of the Y. M. G. A
has organized for the year by the election OF
Mr. w. II. Roll as chairman and Mr.. w. j.
Elvin secretary. The gymnasium committee is
constituted with John g. Blake chairman and
Nr. Aquilla Jones and Mr.. Bobbs members. The
chairman of the mem pership committee is Mr..
Frank II. Lowering and of finance Mr.. G. E.
Coffin special committee on the ball will be
appointed, 10 whcih all applications for use of
The hall must be- made The apnaratns for tho
gymnasium is now arriving and being put in
position aud IN a short time gymnastic classes
wiz De FORMED Inc Indications point to the
membership of n very large number Of vonno
men. IL would not be strange if there should be
Ieveral hundred members on the rolls before Nh a
LIST OF January
By unanimous vote Of the executive com.
mittee the use of the parlors was rendered tba
Evangelical Ministers Union for their mon,hir
neetings. State Secretary Douglas is IN charge
VI the work yet, but it is hoped to secure a pan-
Jral secretary at once
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-18
A PerpIsxing Problem for Farmers.

Indications already pointing to the deplor-
able fact that there will not be much of a corn
crop in Indiana next year. The Art Associa-
ton is to exhibit 1.-The Kiss of the Siren" at the
State Fair this week, and by the time the farm
er-folk have struggled with the inevitable
problem to whether the man, in that astonish-
ing picture is trying to pull the woman into the
boat, or the woman trying to pull the man in
the water. they will not have much strength left
over for ploughing or hoeing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-18
\ judge. Opinion Anont Punlshlnr Boz.

New York Mail and Express.
Sentencing boys TO State prison does little or
no eood.p said Judge Cowing, in sentencing ff-
teen year-old Richard Crowley, in General SEES
Jions this morning 81 think a good whipping
Is tho thing. If | could send you to a whipping
POSI- and nave you given twenty lashes. it would
1ave much better effect than sending Won to
prison. The law says L must, however so to
prison you 20 for two and half years"
Crowley IL confirmed thief. Felix Matthews
mother fifteen year-old boy, who robbed Wall
street firm OF y, 900 worth of cutlery, received
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-18

PlttbbErR LhrOnIcIe.
The greatest reader and the man with the
best eyesisht IN the world, is the chap who reads
the exchanges looking for Duffs of Joe Pulitzer
and the New York World He draws n salary
for titne-work and not for what he finds.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

Mr.. D. l. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave
Ky says he was for many years, badly
afflicted with phthislc, also diabetes; the
pains were almost unenduIable and
would sumetimes almost throw him into
COMMISSIONS He tried Electric bitters
and got relief from the first bottle and
after taking six bottles. was entirely
cured, and bad gained in flesh eigteer
pounds. Says he positively believes he
would have died, had it not been for the
relief afforded by Electric bitters, Sold
at fifty cents bottle by Hartz & Balm
sen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26
ROCK ISLAND, THURSDAY. MAY 26. 1887.
A BAD NASAL ORGAN.

For over four years have been great
sufferer from q terrible. form of Nasal
Cstarrh. was greatly annoyed with a
constant roaring in my head and my
hearing became very much impaired
The discharge from my nose was pro-
fnse and very offensive, and my general
health impaired. | tried ost all promi>
ueDt physicians, but they did not cure
me, and used various advertised prep
arations without benefit
One day chanced to read remark
able article written by prominent citi
zen of Athens, Ga, stating that he had
been permanently cured by the use Of
eight bottles of B. B B B.-Botanic Blood
Balm, Being skeptical on the subject, |
wrote to him on the subject and received
most encouraging answer to the effect
that he had been cured long enough to
be thoroughly satisfied that no return OF
the disease would ensue
then sent to the drug store of T. E
Smith Il Bro, and purchased B. B. b.
and to my utter astonishment aud salts
faction, the use OF ten bottles has restor'
ed my general health, stopped the roar
ING sensation. entirely healed and cured
the nasal catarrh and am proud to rec
ommend blood remedy with such
powerful curative properties.
shall continue its use little Longer
| and feel confident that will be entirely
cured of one of The most obstinate cases
| of nasal catsrrh in the country.
TIE business men of our town know oi
nv case. N C. EDWARDS.
Lampassas Springs. Tex, May /, 1885
BLOOD OF A TEXAN
For SIX years | have been afflicted with
blood poison. which continued to in,
crease, while PHYSICIANS were attempting
to cure me
One bottle of B B. B. has made me-
feel like a new man, and am now rapid
lv recovering. W H DAVIS.
San Marcos. Texas, May 3, 1886
BAD BLOOD AT BRUNSWICK. GA.
have tried B. B. B. and found it a
great thing for the blood. | also had
rheumatic pains, and the use of one bot
| tie of B B. B. has done the work but
will finish up on the second bottle as a
clincher NAV God spread it to every
one is my prayer ". r ELLIS.
Brunswick, Ga, April 2S, 1886
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

Typhoid fever has broken out here
again, but wherever Darby's Prophy lacue
Fluid has been freely used there has
been no fever. M B. Lancaster, P
NJ, Ed. Central Alabamian.
The Fluid is not merely deoderizer,
but disinfectant-a DESTROYER of the
disease germs in an atmosphere which
cannot he breathed without danger -
New York Evening Post.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

The greatest foe of America people is
consumption; It's victims number many
thousands each year, Physicians and
druggists have at last found remedy
which they feel justified IN Recommend
ing. This is DR.. Bigelow's Cure, which
cures consumption in stages that other
remedies are of no benefit 1t cures
coughs. colds, and AL throat and lung
diseases speedily and safely Price 81
cents and 81. Of druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

Who of us are without trouble be they
small or large? The blessings of health
are best appreciated when we are sich
and in pain. A hacking cough. severk
cold. or any throat or lung disease are
very troublesome; but all OF these may be
quickly and permanently cured by DIR. E.
Bigelow's Cure. Safe and pleasant for
children. Price 50 cents
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

Professor N. delivers lecture on astron-
omy. In bis discourse he mentions among
other things the fact that the planet Mercury
is distant 7,000, 900 miles from the Sun. After
the conclusion of his lecture he asks one of
his auditors, "How did you like my lecturer
'To know the distance of the stars said the
other, "that is nothing; but to be able to tell
their names, that's what beats me- German
Paper
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

The average length OF life is on the in
crease. The science of medicine has mad,
great progress; many diseases are now
controlled that were formerly thought in
curable The greatest discovery is DR..
Bigelow's Cure, which cures consump-
ton in stages that other remedies are of
no benefit. Coughs, colds, Group, whoop
ing cough, bronchitis, and all throat and
lung diseases speedily and safely. Price,
80 cents and 81 of druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

The greatest medical wonder of the worlG
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises
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refunded. % cents per hox For sale hl
Bartz e B ,hnser
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

The new narrow gauge incline railroad up
Lookout mountain, just completed, has cost
about s200,000 1t runs from the foot of the
mountain to the spot where Gen Joe Hooker
planted bis fIag.-New York Sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26
Is Life
Worth Living?

That depends upon the
Liver, for if the Liver is
inactive the whole sys-
tenn is out of order-the
breath is bad, digestion
poor, head dull or aching,
energy and hopefulness
gone, the spirits are de-
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exists after eating, with
general despondency and
the blues. The Liver is
the housekeeper of the
health; and a harmless,
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like Nature, does not
constipate afterwards or
require constant taking,
does not interfere with
business or pleasure dur
ing its use, makes Sim
mons Liver Regulator a
medical perfection.
have tested its virtues personally, and krow
that for Dyspepsia Rilionsness and ThrobbinR
Headache, il If the best medic ne the world ever
saw Have tried forty other remedies before
Sim mons Liver Regulator. and none of them gave
more than temporary relief, but the Regulator
not only relieved but cured.
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26
RESIDENCE PROPERTY.

Ne. 2S. On, half acre 1t, two story frame
house 2sx36 Barn, cd well, ci tern, te..
81 400
No 30, Good six room two story dwelling
house and lot in BrooA 5 al di ion; cisttrn. well,
sm II fruit, 81 800
No. s.. A hargsil in d two story frame house
on sixth avenue and Fwen'y y-seeond street; good
lot, ee Can be paid for in mou hly lnstallmen
Reuts for $50 .,......-..-...... 50 $40
No 70 Nice two story dwelling on Sixth ave g.
splendid CONDITION; well, ci-tern and barn: easy
terms. Observation-Disclosures. 81, 500
NO. 81. Large two s'ory brick on Nineteenth
street; larg attic. basement furnace, we'll cis
tern, gas, wat r, bsth rooms. Very large lot. 100
X2l6Ia good bar and outnousea. Easv terms
No gi Two story frame on Twentieth street.
between Fifth and sixth avenues; lot 45N10.
easy TERMS. -St-oup
No %. Two story rame, ost $500: lot S0XS0,
on Seventh avenue below 81 venih st. -. 81 ,200
No 96 House aud lot o Fourteeth and-a tsf
street between Sew nth Eighth venues
good well, eisteru, &c lar, etc Lot 5ox110, $3.50
No o.. Good residence property Eleventh
street Gooi sized lot new addition to house
81 600 down, balance to suit. 81 $40
No. 70. Good property on Second avenue: lot
worth $1,000 will sell for 81 ,925. This ls the big
gest bargain in the city.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

An English lord was sent home last
week at the expense of certain interested
New Workers.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

The long handles on sunshsdes are for
the purpose of boosting the parasol
higher than the hat
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26


"A keeper must never allow an elephant
any freedom of action. To keep them going
through the same motion, almost mechani-
cally, with no chance to vary them is the
best means of making them perfectly harm
less and docile. They go on through any
amount of confusion and they know that if
they stop the keeper will be on hand to punish
them The tricks become so mechanical,
finally, that almost anybody who knows them
himself can put the elephant through them.
1t is the same way even with the minutest de
tails which the clown elephants master. They
get them by memory only, and the slightest
deviation on the part of the assistant would
spoil everything.
"As the elephants get on with the simpler
work try them with new tricks. The quad
rifle that the eight big elephants dance cost
me six solid months of training The work
was simply this to make each one walk over
his intricate course to the right time The
elephants, / think, have al idea of what they
are doing. The movements are simply beaten
into their heads They don't seem to notice
the music in the waltz They were trained
without music. of course, and wouldn't miss
it. The boxing act is the most elaborate
udNt Ytt dtttiliptcu JOun L. DuluNdu Ii HOt
remarkably intelligent elephant and had
long hard pull with him. He had to be
made accustomed first to wearing glove on
his trunk and swinging it to and fro Then
| had to get him to understand what the
blows meant and when to fall down. l strike
SO many times and then speak to him, and
his cue is to tumble over on his side. He had
to be pulled and pushed about a good deal
to get his part, especially where be follows
me around and knocks me out of the ring.
"The elephants are more popular in the
country than in the city and make much
bigger figure in the ring and in the street pa
rade The elephants have no leader ap-
parently Any one pick out will do. The
trained elephants are all Indian. never saw
trained African one Most of them, too,
are males All the clown elephants are
males Still there is little, if any, differ
ence in cleverness in the long run between
the males and females. Elephants die rap
idly here and | have to break new ones in
every winter. 1t is popular mistake about
their skin being SO thick as not to feel a prong
much. They smart even under the rawhide.
They catch cold easily and 60 off chiefly
from consumption. New York Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

Blue and brown are two colors COM
bned in bonnets and suits with more or
less harmony
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

The full, open sleeve of fashionable
tea gown reach to the floor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

Mohair dresses are the favorites for
travelling and shopping.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26
COMPETITION DEFIED.
PRICES WARRANTED
TO be 20 to 30 per cent cheaper at the
HARPER HOUSE DRUG STORE

Than other Drug Western Illinois
Medicines but on all Standard Drugs Fancy audM
celaneous art Read the utrates:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-26

We have for sale large three story brick building well To-
Gated suitable for wholesale house of almost descrp
Large lot $500 down; balance five years;
will pay purchaser 81 900 for the of building until Jan
uary, 1888. Price 81 600
good two story building, in spendd condition, located
right business of the city Lot 100 feet deep
terms Price $1,000